2/8: Build Your Personal Brand: A Workshop for Coworking Space Operators.
Community, community, community! We talk a lot about community in coworking because community is your biggest differentiator. Someone can always out-spend you, out-fabulous you, out-flex you. But no one can
In this episode of Coworking Out Loud, I chatted with Emilie Lashmar, creative director at Platf9rm, a brilliant coworking brand and community out of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex,
In this episode of Coworking Out Loud, I chatted with Corrales Cachola about community, Web3 and more. If you leave this episode with more questions than answers, you’re exactly where
Everything I know about building community, I’ve learned from the community builders that came before me and the communities they built that I’m fortunate to be part of. I’ve been
As we two-step toward something approaching normal life in your coworking space, let’s take a minute to re-center on your members—and what they want.
Are you phoning in your marketing? Just crossing items off a never-ending todo list? Marketing is so much bigger than your content calendar. It’s about connection, conversation and bringing people
Be generous with praise. You never know when you might change someone’s life. When I was in high school, a teacher wrote on one of my reports, “I don’t know
I talk a lot about building a brand community. But I haven’t shared much about how I apply that strategy to Cat Johnson Co. Here’s one aspect: In the past
I say it all the time because it’s true: coworking has nothing to do with desks and wifi. If all you need is a place to sit and get online,
Way back in 1989, Queen Latifah dropped “Ladies First” on the world. The song called for the elimination of stereotypes and giving women due respect. It balanced smart insight, a
How are you feeling right now? It’s a pretty simple question, but it’s also a powerful one. How often do we stop and check in on each other? The Mid-week
Let’s do a little thought experiment. What would happen if you lost your coworking space? I mean the actual building, with all your cool interior design, your ergonomic furniture, your
I was recently chatting with a fellow Peers Conference attendee in Austin, Texas. We were at a post-event happy hour swapping stories about working alone, freelancing and the benefits (and
I spent my first year coworking in the wrong space. The long-story-short is that it just wasn’t a good fit for me. I didn’t really participate in the space or
This is less a blog post and more a question: How can coworking space operators, service providers and industry pros better include coworking space members in the incredible, future-forward, global
Loneliness is a huge problem. Despite our tech-connected world, people are alone and hungry for authentic connection. The problem is so serious and widespread that the U.K. recently created a
Talking to coworking people about the importance of community is, as my dad would say, preaching to the choir. Most of us coworking professionals understand the power of collaboration, cooperation,
Game night at the coworking space with my coworking buddies. Anyone who has spent more than five minutes with me has heard me talk about coworking. From my first day
I recently heard a crazy story about a coworking space in Southern California. To be honest, “coworking” is not the right word to use here because this is not at
There’s a lot to love about the global coworking movement. We’re a community of people who collaborate, share and support each other. Building on the Open Coworking values of collaboration,
A common question among coworking space operators is how to attract new members. Whether it’s a new space just opening its doors, a space that’s been middling at 70 percent
The coworking industry is on an insane growth trajectory. Coworking spaces are opening faster than we can keep track of, the news is full of stories about multi-billion dollar valuations, and
For a long time it was assumed that drugs cause addiction. You take drugs, you get addicted. An experiment with rats proved this to be true over and over again.
The other day in my home coworking space, I overheard a conversation that went something like this: Person 1: Hey, did I show you the photos I took of last
There are a ton of different types of coworking spaces, with more being built all the time. Some cater to rock climbers, some to social good businesses, some to women,
A 2014 study commissioned by the Freelancers Union and Elance oDesk found that there are 53 million freelancers in the U.S. That’s more that the total combined populations of 25
Just over two years ago, I started coworking and it accelerated my freelance writing career big time. I became more productive, more connected to the community of movers and shakers